Top 8 European footballers with South-East Asian origin

A Juventus fan from his early childhood, the Primavera squad goalkeeper has a line of Indonesia from his father, the original Mataram in Lombok, while his mother is a citizen of Italy. Emil has spent eight years with the Serie A giants since joining the club at the young age. Ahead of the 2015/16 campaign, the 18-year-old was included in the first team duties and potentially could be the fourth-choice keeper. He has already appeared for Italy at youth levels.

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An Indonesian who has a huge passion to follow South-East Asian football, Eric Noveanto currently writes about the Indonesian Super League and other regions for Goal Indonesia. Has also previously written for Goal Asia and BallBall.